DRIED BEANS N SMOKED TURKEY WINGS

INGREDIENTS:

2 pound dried beans, Lima, Pinto, Navy (your choice)
2 smoked turkey wings
1 large onion, chopped coarse
2 cloves garlic (chopped fine)
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 cups beef broth
1 small pod Red Pepper or red pepper flakes (1/4 tsp.) - optional
1 or 2 small ribs of celery, chopped fine (I like it better without the celery) Mickey Porter that is!
1 teaspoon Liquid Smoke (prefer Colgin brand)
1 tablespoon EVOO, (Extra Virgin Olive Oil)
1 tablespoon white sugar or Splenda equivalent
Kosher or Sea Salt (to taste) or substitute Mrs. Dash or low sodium salt
Freshly ground black pepper corns (Tellicherry)
1 Beef bouillon cube
2 bay leaves
5 cups water (have water at least 1 inch above the dried beans)

Cover beans with water in 8 quart sauce pot, add baking soda and soak overnight.  The next morning, pour off water and cover them again with water adding all ingredients except the salt.  Bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer; allow cooking about 4 hours or until the beans create their own gravy.  If your bean juice (gravy) is not thick enough, remove one cup of the beans and mash or puree them and add back to the pot and allow to simmer an additional 30 minutes to an hour.  When almost finished cooking, test taste add salt if needed.  Before severing, remove the bay leaves, turkey wing bones and skin.

YIELD:  10 servings of 1/2 cup

Above dried beans and smoked turkey wings served on 07-14-13 and were "off the chain.good"  I let them simmer about seven (7) hours and they had wonderful taste and texture and did not have to add any additional salt.  The two large smoked turkey wings rendered a good amount of lean meat after removing the bones and skin.  I enjoy this recipe as an alternate to using ham hocks.

NOTES:  This recipe from Rachel Myers of Wadesboro, NC and I believe it came from a Country Living Cookbook, but not sure of the origination. 

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If you don't have several hours to prepare dried pinto beans, Luck's Pinto Beans seasoned with pork is about as good as it gets for "store bought" beans in a can!  Guaranteed!

USING CROCK POT

Use recipe above and set crock pot on high setting for 2 hours and then set temperature to low setting.  Some crock pots will do this automatically for you.  Allow to simmer for 10 hours or until beans are tender.

See the Instant Pot dried beans n smoked turkey wings recipe.  1 hour total time.  I believe the crock pot gives better flavor!

PINTO BEANS AND JOYCE AKA MY BRIDE

When my bride was a little girl and lived in Belmont, NC, her Mother Nellie Adcock told her that when she was a little girl and was served pinto beans, she went to sleep at the table with one "pig tail" on either side of her plate.  My bride relates to me that her Mother cooked the best pinto beans which had a very thick "gravy".  I served my bride's sister Rachel Myers some of the pinto beans that I fixed using the crock pot and Rachel said they were just like the ones her Mother made; that was a very good compliment for sure! 

Web published by Bill aka Mickey Porter on 09-01-07 and updated pixs on 07-14-13.

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